I got absolutely skewered by many on this board for saying the following in a few posts a while back and I want to see if everyone still thinks I should have been skewered for those comments. Maybe it's because It's the holidays and I'm ready for a good argument but I'd really like to know if those of you who skwered me really still think the same.
1. In the first post, I said that Rasheed Wallace has a great low post game, somewhere around 10-12 feet from the basket and in an arc from baseline to baseline. I said I thought that we were greatly under utilising him by standing him out at the three point line and having him simply jack up threes all night. I said we should post him up a minimum of 4-5 times a game and then mix that up with occasional threes. I think it is abundantly clear that, AFTER DOC HAS BEEN STICKING HIM DOWN ON THE POST OFFENSIVELY MORE AS THE SEASON HAS GONE ON, that it is very clear he is perhaps our best, true, back to the basket, low post offensive option. He is deadly down there.
But instead what I got way back when I posted this was "Rasheed has no low post game, zero game in the post, you can't change a guy who's played on the perimeter his whole career ( which I completely disagree he's played his whole career on the perimeter). Anyway, I'd like to know if everyone who hammered that post, still really think s Rasheed blows on the low post? And that we should simply switch him back to doing nothin else on offense other than jacking 6 threes a night as some of you suggested.
2. I also made a post that with our aging team we shouldn't underestimate the impact that the young legs and physical hard nosed tough play of both Tony Allen and Big Baby would have coming off the bench with our agging team. Many of you said, Tony is worthless, should only see d-league minutes, etc...and stuff along those lines. And that youth and energy is overrated. Baby can't give us anything Shelden isn't already doing better, etc...
My argument was that both Tony and Baby provided something we really missed by not having Baby, Powe and Tony. Hard nosed, physical, energetic young guys coming off the bench.
I'd like to know if those who always skewer Tony and didn't think Baby would be of much use or may not get minutes behind Shelden still really feel that way.
I am more confident than ever that, especially whne we get Pierce and Marquis back that Big Baby and Tony's impact off the bench in terms of energy and toughness will be even more pronounced and more important. They will be able to fly under the radar of the full compliment of our first 7 players and will be able to dedicate their full energy to all the physical, dirty work chores that are so important for a championship team to get from their role players.
Their energy, young legs legs and physical play will be huge.
Tony in the passing lanes and on quicker wings defensively and Baby by the only other true brute after Perk, to throw some bodies around down low, making it easier for KG, Pierce, Ronod and Ray ( or whoever else is on the floor ) to board the ball and by faster defensive rotations than Shelden can provide and byt just being a wide load.
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